History ComicBook / SheHulk

!!She-Hulk provides examples of:

* AllLovingHero: She-Hulk is easily one of the by far genuinely kindest, most altrustic, idealistic, philanthropic, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness virtually incorruptible]] Marvel Comics characters, especially contrasted by such an otherwise mostly dark, dystopian, morbid, and depressing setting. Given that she grows more powerful from emotions, and Jarella proved during the [[ComicBook/ChaosWar Chaos War]] that Hulks can use '''any''' sufficiently strong emotion to empower themselves or others, including love, it is strange that no writers seem to have focused on [[ThePowerOfLove She-Hulk using positive, rather than negative, emotions to grow more powerful]] yet.

* AmazonianBeauty: Jennifer is the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's standout example, and she has company in Lyra. The only notable exception was in ''Sensational She-Hulk #16'' (Vol. 1, May 1990), where Jen temporarily assumed a [[http://marvel.wikia.com/File:Sensational_She_Hulk_Vol_1_15_page_06_Jennifer_Walters_%28Earth-616%29.jpg Grey She-Hulk form]]. She's even taller and even more muscular, but is quite the BrawnHilda and uses [[HulkSpeak a speech pattern similar to that of her cousin]]. In many respects, it's like the anti-Grey Hulk/Joe Fixit.
** Since 2016 She-Hulk is now shown as over seven feet tall and extremely muscular, as large as Bruce Banner's Hulk. While retaining her intellect, Jennifer has difficulty speaking and can only talk in a halting, monosyllabic manner. InUniverse, Thor Odinson finds this form admirable, to the point of kissing her ''twice'' during the same mission in Avengers (2018) #5 thru #6, and becoming a couple in Empyre #1. [[spoiler:"World War She-Hulk" ends with [[HesBack Jen restored to her traditional She-Hulk form]].]]

* BadassBookworm: Again, she's a practicing lawyer and either she or [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] are usually regarded as being the best public defender in the Marvel Universe.
* BadassFamily: They both are related to Bruce Banner. Jennifer is his cousin and Lyra is his daughter.

* BestFriend: In Creator/CharlesSoule's 2014 run, he re-introduced ComicBook/{{Hellcat}} (who appeared in two issues of the original ''ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk'' run) as not only a private investigator working for Jen, but also her best friend. Hellcat has subsequently appeared as a supporting character in every subsequent book including Creator/MarikoTamaki's ''ComicBook/Hulk2016'' and currently Creator/RainbowRowell's ''ComicBook/SheHulk2022''. Jennifer has returned the favor and appeared as a supporting character in Creator/KateLeth's ''ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat'', and makes a cameo appearance in the final issue of Creator/ChristopherCantwell's ''ComicBook/Hellcat2023''. Janet Van Dyne, The Wasp, is also one of She-Hulk's best friends. After Janet was temporarily killed by the Wrecking Crew during the first Secret War, Jennifer stormed off to avenge her by attacking Doctor Doom's army all by herself.
* BountyHunter: Jen became this during the Peter David run after being disbarred.

* BreakoutCharacter: She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) started out as a less extreme female copy of the Hulk, and gradually developed into an arguably much more interesting, distinctive, inspirational, and unique character.
* BreathWeapon: In the Jason Aaron run, Jennifer got her powers upgraded from exposure to a dying Celestial, Eson the Searcher. With her new power to manipulate gamma radiation, she can breathe out a gamma-ray blast
* BrawnHilda: Even after gaining Jennifer Walters's intelligence and Jen gaining the ability to switch into She-Hulk at will, certain triggers have proven able to She-Hulk to hulk out a second time and become more anger motivated, more bestial in appearance and larger overall. While Jennifer Walters was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress disorder she skipped the "second" Hulk Out altogether, turning into her bestial form without control or warning.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower:
** Jennifer Walters's super strength in her Hulk form is proportional to how strong her base human form is. During an issue where she was preparing to fight The Champion in a boxing match, she spent months training in her regular Jennifer Walters form, and by the end of it was several magnitudes more powerful in her hulk form than she had been.
** One of She-Hulk's lesser-known foes is Ultima, a woman who can enhance her physical abilities to superhuman levels for brief periods of time, a technique she unlocked through intense meditation and discipline. This ability is known as "Positive Mental Attitude" and was taught to her by her father, Jack Wordman.
* CombinationAttack: Jen has one with Thor called Gamma Storm. She grabs him and channels gamma radiation into him and he shoots out a gamma-ray lightning bolt. This attack is powerful enough to hurt the NighInvulnerable [[ComicBook/GhostRider Cosmic Ghost Rider]].
* CrusadingLawyer: Jen is rivaled only by [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] for being the best lawyer you can hope for in the Marvel Universe.

* EmotionalPowers: Jen can involuntarily Hulk Out when she is scared though she normally is in control of her transformations.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: It's often been implied that Titania desires Jen sexually.
* {{Fanservice}}: She has a long tradition of swimsuit-style costumes, and revealing civilian clothes.

* GeniusBruiser: Jen is a gamma mutate with super strength and is a trained lawyer.
* HavingABlast: After her power upgrade from Eson the Searcher, Jen can release the gamma radiation in a powerful radiation blast centered on her
* HulkSpeak: Originally, but the She-Hulk eventually became more intelligent to the point she speaks exactly the same way Jennifer Walters does. In an inversion from Bruce Banner, who sometimes takes on a more eloquent "Grey Hulk" form from his usual Third Speaking Green Hulk form, occasionally something triggers a Grey She-Hulk for Jennifer, who ''still'' speaks in third person.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jennifer has [[HeroicWillpower enormous amounts of willpower and idealism]] that make her virtually impossible to corrupt, even by extremely prolonged torture and brainwashing at the hands of the Russian Red Room that produced the Black Widow.
* LeotardOfPower: As seen in the picture above, her IconicOutfit is a white leotard with purple trim, which, (unlike most superheroines with this kind of costume) shows off not just her nice legs but [[AmazonianBeauty enormous muscles]] as well. She's probably tied with [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] for the title of most iconic leotard-wearer in the Marvel universe.
* NiceGirl: Jennifer is traditionally an amazingly kind and moral individual, including [[AllLovingHero systematically helping even dangerous criminals to be treated decently via her legal work, creating her own disaster relief organisation]], and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness being as good as impossible to corrupt]], even after weeks of systematic torture and brainwashing. Her personal catchphrase might as well be "She-Hulk is the nicest one there is!", and quite deservedly so.

* TheParagon: She is usually up there with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica as the most purely heroic Marvel Comics character, and is always kind, friendly, and inspirational to regular people, rather than considering herself above them.

* SuperStrength: Both gained this from Bruce.
* TookALevelInBadass: Besides becoming much stronger over the years, in the Jason Aaron run of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', Jennifer gets [[TouchedByVorlons upgraded by a Celestial]] and becomes even stronger and can manipulate her gamma radiation so that she's not pure melee.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: She-Hulk is typically portrayed as ''much'' sexier than Jennifer. Part of this is Jen having a LossOfInhibitions as She-Hulk, being more confident and forthright about her sexual desires. Part of it is that, along with lots of height and weight in muscle, her transformation gives her the MostCommonSuperpower.
* WorkoutFanservice: While various comic book superheroines have been shown working out, She-Hulk is probably the most prone to doing actual powerlifting exercises like superheavy bench presses and squats, given her whole appeal is being an AmazonianBeauty. Initially She-Hulk seemed to work out just to pass time until she lost to Champion Of The Universe and realized she could benefit much more by working out as Jennifer Walters instead.

* BestFriend: In CharlesSoule's 2014 run, he re-introduced ComicBook/{{Hellcat}} (who appeared in two issues of the original ''ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk'' run) as not only a private investigator working for Jen, but also her best friend. Hellcat has subsequently appeared as a supporting character in every subsequent book including MarikoTamaki's ''ComicBook/Hulk2016'' and currently RainbowRowell's ''ComicBook/SheHulk2022''. Jennifer has returned the favor and appeared as a supporting character in KateLeth's ''ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat'', and makes a cameo appearance in the final issue of ChristopherCantwell's ''ComicBook/Hellcat2023''. Janet Van Dyne, The Wasp, is also one of She-Hulk's best friends. After Janet was temporarily killed by the Wrecking Crew during the first Secret War, Jennifer stormed off to avenge her by attacking Doctor Doom's army all by herself.

She-Hulk's JekyllAndHyde tendencies are rather more subtle than the Hulk's. Jennifer Walters is a slightly timid, insecure lawyer who, under the effects of gamma radiation, can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntarily transform]] into the [[StatuesqueStunner seven-foot-tall]] green-skinned AmazonianBeauty. While She-Hulk was originally a rampage rage monster not unlike her cousin, it turned out Jennifer's psychological issues were far easier to deal with than Bruce's, She-Hulk gained intelligence equal to that of Jennifer herself and began acting out the fantasies Jen found too intimidating, becoming both a [[ActionGirl powerful warrior]] and a voluptuous [[TheLadette flirtatious party girl]]. In fact, for a long time Jennifer was [[ShapeshifterModeLock permanently stuck]] in [[CursedWithAwesome her super-powered form]] and ''didn't mind at all'', and friends and close allies regularly addressed her by her human name, thus implying -- [[DependingOnTheWriter at least under most writers]] -- that the only differences between the She-Hulk and Jennifer Walters personas from then on were of physical nature. She was able to pursue a successful career as a lawyer despite being a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe green]]-skinned [[AmazonianBeauty amazon]], and had a much better control of her temper than her cousin (although, for Jennifer Walters, ''fear'' becaem the trigger of InvoluntaryShapeshifting, not anger). She's a [[MsFanservice sex symbol]] both within the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and without. Oh, and occasionally she [[AllAmazonsWantHercules had romantic/erotic dreams of Hercules]]. ''Literally'', since Herc exists as a real person in the Creator/{{Marvel}} [[SharedUniverse Universe]]. About two decades after turning her into She-Hulk for good, the permanence of this state was reverted, and psychological problems that had never really been an issue before were [[{{Retcon}} introduced]].

* HavingABlast: After her power upgrade from Eson the Searcher, Jen can release the gamma radiation in a powerful radiation blast centered on her.

* WorkoutFanservice: While various comic book superheroines have been shown working out, She-Hulk is probably the most prone to doing actual powerlifting exercises like superheavy bench presses and squats, given her whole appeal is being an AmazonianBeauty.

She-Hulk's JekyllAndHyde tendencies are rather more subtle than the Hulk's. Jennifer Walters is a slightly timid, insecure lawyer who, under the effects of gamma radiation, can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntarily transform]] into the [[StatuesqueStunner seven-foot-tall]] green-skinned AmazonianBeauty. She-Hulk acts out the fantasies Jen finds too intimidating, becoming both a [[ActionGirl powerful warrior]] and a voluptuous [[TheLadette flirtatious party girl]]. In fact, for a long time she was [[ShapeshifterModeLock permanently stuck]] in [[CursedWithAwesome her super-powered form]] and ''didn't mind at all'', and friends and close allies regularly addressed her by her human name, thus implying -- [[DependingOnTheWriter at least under most writers]] -- that the only differences between the She-Hulk and Jennifer Walters personas were of physical nature. Retaining her human intelligence, she was able to pursue a successful career as a lawyer despite being a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe green]]-skinned [[AmazonianBeauty amazon]], and had a much better control of her temper than her cousin (although, for Jennifer Walters, it is ''fear'' that is the trigger of InvoluntaryShapeshifting, not anger). She's a [[MsFanservice sex symbol]] both within the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and without. Oh, and occasionally she [[AllAmazonsWantHercules had romantic/erotic dreams of Hercules]]. ''Literally'', since Herc exists as a real person in the Creator/{{Marvel}} [[SharedUniverse Universe]]. About two decades after turning her into She-Hulk for good, the permanence of this state was reverted, and psychological problems that had never really been an issue before were [[{{Retcon}} introduced]].

* AmazonianBeauty: Jennifer is the MarvelUniverse's standout example, and she has company in Lyra. The only notable exception was in ''Sensational She-Hulk #16'' (Vol. 1, May 1990), where Jen temporarily assumed a [[http://marvel.wikia.com/File:Sensational_She_Hulk_Vol_1_15_page_06_Jennifer_Walters_%28Earth-616%29.jpg Grey She-Hulk form]]. She's even taller and even more muscular, but is quite the BrawnHilda and uses [[HulkSpeak a speech pattern similar to that of her cousin]]. In many respects, it's like the anti-Grey Hulk/Joe Fixit.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jennifer has [[HeroidWillpower enormous amounts of willpower and idealism]] that make her virtually impossible to corrupt, even by extremely prolonged torture and brainwashing at the hands of the Russian Red Room that produced the Black Widow.

* BestFriend: In CharlesSoule's 2014 run, he re-introduced ComicBook/{{Hellcat}} (who appeared in two issues of the original ''ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk'' run) as not only a private investigator working for Jen, but also her best friend. Hellcat has subsequently appeared as a supporting character in every subsequent book including MarikoTamaki's ''ComicBook/Hulk2016'' and currently RainbowRowell's ''ComicBook/SheHulk2022''. Jennifer has returned the favor and appeared as a supporting character in KateLeth's ''ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat'', and makes a cameo appearance in the final issue of ChristopherCantwell's ''ComicBook/Hellcat2023''.

* BreakoutCharacter: She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) started out as a less extreme female copy of the Hulk and gradually developed into an arguably much more interesting, distinctive, inspirational, and unique character.

* BreakoutCharacter: She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) started out as a less extreme female copy of the Hulk and gradually developed into an arguably much more interesting, distinctive, and unique character than just being a female copy of the Hulk.

* TheParagon: She is usually up there with ComicsBook/CaptainAmerica as the most purely heroic Marvel Comics character, and is always kind, friendly, and inspirational to regular people, rather than considering herself above them.

* TheParagon: She is usually up there with CaptainAmerica as the most purely heroic Marvel Comics character, and is always kind, friendly, and inspirational to regular people, rather than considering herself above them.

* AllLovingHero: She-Hulk is easily one of the by far genuinely kindest, most altrustic, idealistic, philanthropic, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness virtually incorruptible]] Marvel Comics characters. Given that she grows more powerful from emotions, and Jarella proved during the [[ComicBook/ChaosWar Chaos War]] that Hulks can use '''any''' sufficiently strong emotion to empower themselves or others, including love, it is strange that no writers seem to have focused on [[ThePowerOfLove She-Hulk using positive, rather than negative, emotions to grow more powerful]] yet.

* AllLovingHero: She-Hulk is easily one of the by far genuinely kindest, most altrustic, idealistic, philanthropic, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness virtually incorruptible]] characters. Given that she grows more powerful from emotions, and Jarella proved during the [[ComicBook/ChaosWar Chaos War]] that Hulks can use '''any''' sufficiently strong emotion to empower themselves or others, including love, it is strange that no writers seem to have focused on [[ThePowerOfLove She-Hulk using positive, rather than negative, emotions to grow more powerful]] yet.

* NiceGirl: Jennifer is traditionally an amazingly kind and moral individual, including [[AllLovingHero systematically helping even dangerous criminals to be treated decently via her legal work, creating her own disaster relief organisation]], and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness being as good as impossible to corrupt]], even after weeks of systematic torture and brainwashing. Her personal motto might as well be "She-Hulk is the nicest one there is!", and quite deservedly so.

* WorkoutFanservice: While various comic book superheroines have been shown working out, She-Hulk is probably the most prone to doing actual bodybuilding exercises like superheavy bench presses and squats, given her whole appeal is being an AmazonianBeauty.